![]() The son of a stonemason and master builder, he spent his first twenty years in Venice training in architecture and stage design, and was strongly influenced by the local tradition of topographical art represented by Canaletto and the etched fantasies of Marco Ricci (1676 –1729) and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 –1770). By means of over a thousand etched plates and his theoretical defense of creative fantasy, Piranesi revolutionized the European perception of Roman antiquity and exerted a major influence on many of the leading architects and designers of European neoclassicism. View of the Basilica of S.PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1720 –1778), Venetian architect, engraver, and archaeologist.Interior View of the Temple Which is Believed to Have Been Dedicated to Juno, from Different views of Paestum, 1778.Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1761.View of the remains of the two rows of columns in the Temple of Neptune which originally formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof, from Different views of Paestum, 1778 Urbano, two miles distant from Rome, beyond the Porta S. View of the Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S.View of the Octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica, from Views of Rome, 1764, published 1800–07.Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome, 1748 Interior view of the Colosseum, from Views of Rome, 1766, published 1807–35.The Man on the Rack, plate 2 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761.Maria in Aracoeli, from Views of Rome, 1750/59 View of the Capitoline Hill with the steps to the Church of S.Interior view of the so-called Tempio della Tosse, from Views of Rome, 1764.Interior view of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from Views of Rome, 1766.View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome, 1750/59.The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761.Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain, c.Temple of Concord, plate 7 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments, 1748 The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761. ![]() View of the Arch of Constantine, from Views of Rome, 1771, published 1800–07.View of the Villa d’Este, Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1773, published 1800–07.The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761.View of the So-Called Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) on the Via Tiburtina a mile from Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1763.The Column of Marcus Aurelius, from Views of Rome, 1750/59.Interior view of the Pantheon, from Views of Rome, 1768, published 1800–07.Remains of the so-called Temple of Apollo at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1768.The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761.The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761.Arch of Septimius Severus through which passed the ancient Sacred Way, bringing victors to the Capitol, from Views of Rome, 1750/59.Ruins of the Antonine Baths, from Views of Rome, 1765, published 1800–07.View of the Temple of Hercules at Cori, ten miles distant from Velletri, from Views of Rome, 1769, published 1800–07.Sebastiano in Rome, plate 8 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments, 1748 The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761.Paolo fuori delle Mura, from Views of Rome, 1749 ![]()
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